Jake Boy
How popular is Jake?
#457 boy name in 2025
682 baby boys were named Jake in the US in 2025, making it the 457th most popular boy name.
Jake popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #457 for boys (▼ 36 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 682 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #207 in 2015, #320 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (4,473 boys) |
| Highest rank | #96 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jake counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jack family of names ranked #16 for boys in 2025 (#18 the year before), with 9,467 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jack | 8,748 | 92% |
| Jake | 682 | 7% |
| Jak | 22 | 0% |
| Jac | 15 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jake is most popular
Babies named Jake per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.3 per 1,000 (252 boys)
- New York: 1.1 per 1,000 (460 boys)
- Connecticut: 1.0 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- Massachusetts: 1.0 per 1,000 (139 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (42 boys)
Jake by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 972 | #129 |
| 1890s | 892 | #140 |
| 1900s | 989 | #171 |
| 1910s | 2,673 | #184 |
| 1920s | 3,022 | #296 |
| 1930s | 1,943 | #382 |
| 1940s | 1,800 | #426 |
| 1950s | 1,613 | #484 |
| 1960s | 1,387 | #616 |
| 1970s | 3,368 | #355 |
| 1980s | 11,282 | #153 |
| 1990s | 33,115 | #97 |
| 2000s | 39,844 | #96 |
| 2010s | 21,415 | #115 |
| 2020s | 5,007 | #320 |
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Questions
- Is Jake a boy or girl name?
- Jake is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jake were boys.
- How popular is the name Jake?
- 682 baby boys were named Jake in the US in 2025, making it the 457th most popular boy name.
- When was Jake most popular?
- Jake peaked in 2004, when 4,473 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #96 in 2000.
- How many people are named Jake?
- 129,539 babies have been named Jake in the US since 1880. We estimate about 115,105 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Jake most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jake was most common in New Jersey, at 1.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.